Trumanite network
| Trumanite network | |
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| Glennon's label for the career national-security managers who, in his double-government thesis, supply continuity beneath Madisonian offices. |
The Trumanite network is Michael J. Glennon's term for the interlocking set of military, intelligence, diplomatic, and federal law-enforcement managers that he argues exercise lasting influence over U.S. national-security policy. The name refers to the post–World War II security institutions consolidated in the Truman era.
In Glennon's double-government model, Trumanite officials are contrasted with Madisonian institutions (elected and judicial constitutional offices). The claim is analytical, not a conspiracy theory: it concerns organisational incentives, classification, and career continuity documented in open sources.
Typical components (illustrative)
Agencies and roles commonly discussed in this literature include elements of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community (including the CIA and NSA), the State Department's national-security apparatus, and federal investigative bodies—always subject to the specific sourcing of each claim.
Sources
- Michael J. Glennon, National Security and Double Government (Oxford University Press, 2014).
- National Security Act of 1947 and subsequent public reorganisations of the U.S. intelligence community.